“Liverpool has a great history and when I signed for the club I was desperate to add trophies as this club expects to win trophies and it has an amazing history but we want to create our own history.

“We have started that and put a trophy on the board. When I was at City and we won the first FA Cup, that was massive for us and that gave us the belief and the winning mentality that we can do it and hopefully this will be the same. We will enjoy it for as long as we can but we will come back pre-season and go again.”

Milner typified the idea of this being a beginning rather than culmination of Klopp’s work.

But he also said the players were driven on by the disappointment of the past.

“Obviously after last year and getting 97 points in the league this year and not getting it over the line, this was great heart from the boys,” he said.

“There were a lot of tired people out there. There was a lot of emotion. I think last year helped us, and even the Europa final before that. Those experiences and knowing what comes in finals. It helps when you have been there before and we have done it.

“We did not play well but a cup final is all about getting the result. It shows how much we have come on as a team and that is the effort and experience of getting to those finals and those disappointments that we saw the job through.

“It was a tough game. Sometimes scoring early is great but the scoreboard can knock you out of your stride and change the game straight away. It is something we spoke about earlier in the week and we probably did not deal with it as well as possible but the first trophy is always the hardest one to win for a group of players and hopefully that will help us.

"You can see the improvement over the last few years since the manager has come in and seen how the team has improved. That has been something we have done well this year when we have not played well but still got the results.”